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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains.
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Eosin Y is an anionic or acid dye in spite of the fact that a solution of the sodium salt of eosin is basic in reaction.
Staining was performed with Alcian blue van Gieson, hematoxylin and eosin, and Alcian blue or safranin O or both.
Liver tumors were sampled at random and fixed in buffered formalin, and embedded sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin.
An imitation of chrome red is made by coloring white lead, orange lead, or barytes with some of the coal-tar dyes, especially with eosin.
When eosin is used as a tissue stain, the acidophilic structures are sometimes referred to as eosinophilic.
The stains acridine orange, ethidium bromide, azur II, eosin B, trypan blue, Giemsa solution and nitroblue tetrazolium were purchased from Sigma.

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